Welcome to our new KPG website which has a new layout and design thanks to Pat at Black Cap Design. Take a look at the many classes offered in throwing and handbuilding for all levels. We offer after school programs for teens and preteens. Check on the handbuilding weekend workshop offered in October.
Registration is made easier online. Also, come visit us to see the studio and buy gifts for all occasions at our gallery store. I look forward to new pottery adventures and guild projects with you and our community.
Our Camps are week long day camps for children ages 7-12, focusing on learning the art of working with clay. Camp runs from the week of July 9 – Aug 20. Check out our Camp page for more details. Some of our weeks are beginning to fill up, so register soon to secure your week(s) of choice. Please visit our Clay & Play Camp Page to register.
The Vimy Ridge Commemoration took place Sunday April 9th at the Cenotaph in Confederation Park. This was a significant point in the history of Canada. Over 600 local people died in WWI, with a population of under 10,000, that is a significant loss. As a guild we created a ceramic trillium for each of these people, the sale of which will support veterans directly and provide funds to repair to the Cenotaph.
The Kawartha Potters Guild was honoured to take part in this event and we were thrilled with the many people that showed up to honour our veterans. Every one of the trilliums was sold.
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This is one of the Trilliums that the guild made actually at Vimy, taken by a local nurse who does medical reenactment. She flew over a few days ago to include it in the ceremony.
Presentation done to site manager of Vimy– Johanne Gagne .
Our military historian Ken MacLeod from our tour group , Special Travel International in Vancouver, played the bagpipes .
Heathyr was talking to Chex news about our Family Day classes that she teaches. Heathyr is also the teacher that teaches all of the workshops like Girls’ Night out, Date Night. They are a lot of fun, and you end up with a piece of pottery when it is fired and glazed.
The KPG is working hard to complete the 600 trilliums in time for the April 9th ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge. Many volunteers have been working in teams to complete this monumental task. If you would like to read the full story and see images, please visit our past blog post here.
Steve Guthrie is on one of the teams making Trilliums for the Vimy Ridge project and did this news report that was on air on Tuesday, January 31st, 2017.
Members of the Kawartha Potters Guild have been busy since before Christmas making Trilliums for Peterborough’s Ceremony on April 9th marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The guild is making 584 white trilliums which represent the number of people from the city, county and local First Nations who were killed during the war. Sixteen red-painted trilliums will symbolize the local lives lost at Vimy Ridge from April 9 to 11, 1917.
Below are some images to show the work that is going into each one of these sculptures. Teams have been set up and members come in at certain days to roll, cut, shape and assemble the trilliums. They even have a bit of a competition going to see who can make the most in one session! (I think the record is 45 so far).
The Kawartha Potters’ Guild is proud to be part of this celebration.
The trilliums are available for purchase or sponsorship for $30 a piece. Anyone who buys a flower can take it home after the ceremony. Those who sponsor trilliums will get a tax receipt and the flower will be left open for others to purchase. Half of the money raised will be used to repair the masonry base at the war memorial and the remainder will be used to enhance government treatment sources for veterans and their families.
NOTE: To purchase or sponsor a trillium, call City Hall at 705-742-7777 or email Bernadette Lawler at . To send personal stories for the service, email Coun. Henry Clarke at .
Our member Tanya Couch entered a competition in the 8th Annual Worldwide WOW Photo Contest. It’s open to all Canadians and they had over 250 submissions in the amateur category. Tanya won five honourable mentions – the photos are from Nepal, India, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Congratulations Tanya, the photos are amazing! Click on any photo to see them larger.
We had a great time participating in the Peterborough Garden Show this past weekend (April 8-10, 8 – 4pm at the Evinrude Centre). We demonstrate throwing and showing off some of what the Guild and the ACP can supply for one’s gardens.
Thank you to all that attended, and then came around to the gallery to shop! We are happy to see everyone.
Welcome to our new KPG website which has a new layout and design thanks to Pat at Black Cap Design. Take a look at the many classes offered in throwing and handbuilding for all levels. We offer after school programs for teens and preteens. Check on the handbuilding weekend workshop offered in October.
